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Hi All,
Thanks to Lexus' generosity, I've had a few different press cars over the last few months and I've been driving a 2021 RX 350 for the last two weeks while my GX is having a creaking rear sear bracket repaired. Those cars are:
2021 RC 350
2021 LS 500
2022 IS 500
2021 RX 350
... and I've found CarPlay similarly frustrating to use in every single one of them. My 2021 GX does not have CarPlay of course, but our 2021 Camry does, so I've been excited about having it in these vehicles. Phone is an iPhone 12 Pro. I do love having Waze on the screen, but other than that, I've had a number of problems across every one of these vehicles and am finding CarPlay quite a PITA to use. Those issues are:
- Podcasts app loads very slowly and sometimes not at all
- Playlists don't fully load - most often only 5-7 of them, and I have 20+
- If playlists do load, sometimes they are grayed out and cannot be selected or played
- Screens freezing and not responding, or delaying inputs significantly
- Waze is very, very slow to load but works once it's up
- On the RX, if I enter the car on a call that transfers to CarPlay, even after I hang up, the car won't play any audio because it says "Call in progress"
We've never had any of these problems with the Camry, and I just expected that the functionality and back ends between the systems would be fairly similar, but perhaps I am wrong? One little issue here or there is nothing to worry about IMO, but every one of these cars has exhibited each of these issues with the RX being the only one to have the "call in progress" issue after I hang up. I usually end up exiting out of CarPlay and just using the native system for audio.
Has anyone else had these issues? Curious what others are experiencing.
Thanks to Lexus' generosity, I've had a few different press cars over the last few months and I've been driving a 2021 RX 350 for the last two weeks while my GX is having a creaking rear sear bracket repaired. Those cars are:
2021 RC 350
2021 LS 500
2022 IS 500
2021 RX 350
... and I've found CarPlay similarly frustrating to use in every single one of them. My 2021 GX does not have CarPlay of course, but our 2021 Camry does, so I've been excited about having it in these vehicles. Phone is an iPhone 12 Pro. I do love having Waze on the screen, but other than that, I've had a number of problems across every one of these vehicles and am finding CarPlay quite a PITA to use. Those issues are:
- Podcasts app loads very slowly and sometimes not at all
- Playlists don't fully load - most often only 5-7 of them, and I have 20+
- If playlists do load, sometimes they are grayed out and cannot be selected or played
- Screens freezing and not responding, or delaying inputs significantly
- Waze is very, very slow to load but works once it's up
- On the RX, if I enter the car on a call that transfers to CarPlay, even after I hang up, the car won't play any audio because it says "Call in progress"
We've never had any of these problems with the Camry, and I just expected that the functionality and back ends between the systems would be fairly similar, but perhaps I am wrong? One little issue here or there is nothing to worry about IMO, but every one of these cars has exhibited each of these issues with the RX being the only one to have the "call in progress" issue after I hang up. I usually end up exiting out of CarPlay and just using the native system for audio.
Has anyone else had these issues? Curious what others are experiencing.